People imprisoned for specified sex crimes would need hormone treatment for parole

Courts would require covered people to receive hormone drugs as a condition of parole, which is supervised release from prison. The requirement would cover people sentenced to prison for specified sex crimes, including online child solicitation, and kidnapping intended to commit a sex crime. The exemption would cover elderly, permanently incapacitated, and terminally ill inmates eligible for medical and geriatric parole. Courts would explain treatment effects and possible side effects. Each person would sign confirmation that they received this information. The corrections department would administer treatment during imprisonment within the parole term. After release, parole officers would tell people where to receive treatment. Treatment would begin at least one month before release and continue until the parole board decides it is no longer necessary.

People receiving required treatment would pay all related costs and authorize the New Mexico Corrections Department to share treatment records with the parole board. These requirements would apply to people receiving hormone treatment required as a condition of parole. A person could not be denied parole solely because they cannot afford the treatment.

Parole officers would report treatment refusal to the parole board. The person would immediately return to prison for the remaining sentence. This consequence would apply when a person refuses hormone treatment required as a condition of parole.